After his contract ended in 1926, Mr. Jackson went to work for Mack Sennett as the only black child in the Buster Brown comedies, and also was in Mary Pickford's silent feature ''Little Annie Rooney.''

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Entering adolescence, he sang and danced on the vaudeville circuit and over the years was often cast in uncredited and stereotyped bit parts in films.

In the 1960's and 1970's, Mr. Jackson was on several pioneering black television shows.

He was Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on ''Julia'' and played Redd Foxx's friend on occasional episodes of ''Sanford and Son.''

Mr. Jackson taught dance at studios he established in Compton and Pasadena in his later years, and he published his autobiography, ''Eugene Pineapple Jackson: His Own Story,'' in 1998.

His work was featured in a dance retrospective prepared for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival, an offshoot of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival.

He is survived by his wife, Sue; two daughters, Hazel Clark and Sue Black; and a son, Eugene III.

Correction: November 12, 2001, Monday A picture on Oct. 30 with an obituary of Eugene Jackson, the actor who played a character named Pineapple in the ''Our Gang'' movies, was published in error. It showed Mr. Jackson's son, Eugene III, as he appeared in the 1965 movie ''Shenandoah.''